A new report identifies priorities requiring coordinated action across the industry. The April 2026 Gaps Progress Report, issued by the ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP), raises three safety and infrastructure issues from medium to high priority.

The updated EV standards gaps include fire protection for EV parking and charging near older buildings. Many existing structures were not designed for EV-related fire risks.

The report also highlights power export as bidirectional charging and vehicle-to-grid applications expand. It identifies cable management as another concern because charging stations are seeing higher utilization and longer public charging cables.

“Electric vehicles are no longer a future technology — they are part of how Americans drive, work, and live today,” said Christine Bernat, ANSI’s director of standards facilitation. “This report gives industry a clear, neutral view of where the standards system is keeping pace and where it needs to adapt. Fire protection in older buildings, power export, and cable management are priorities this cycle because industry is investing to bring these standards home. The more stakeholders we have engaged, the better positioned we are to get them right for mass EV deployment.”

ANSI Tracks Progress on EV Standards Gaps

The report builds on the EVSP’s 2023 Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale. More than 130 organizations contributed to the roadmap, including federal agencies, national laboratories, standards developers, industry groups and academia.